Where does “laughing tackle” come from?

laughing tackle (English) comes from English laughing, from Middle English laughynge, from Middle English laughen, from Old English hlæhhan, from Proto-West Germanic hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic hlahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European klek- — to laugh, cackle.

laughing tackle (English): Teeth

Definitions

  1. Teeth

Ancestry of “laughing tackle”, step by step

laughing tackle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English laughing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlaughingThe action of the verb to laugh; present...
2Middle EnglishlaughyngeLaughing; the making of laughs
3Middle EnglishlaughenTo laugh; to break out in laughter or laughing;...
4Old Englishhlæhhan
5Proto-West Germanichlahhjanto laugh
6Proto-Germanichlahjanąto laugh
7Proto-Indo-Europeanklek-to laugh, cackle

via English tackle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtackleA device for grasping an object and an attached...
2Middle Englishtakelgear, apparatus
3Dutchtakeltackle, hoist; crane; a ship's rigging, tackle
4Middle Dutchtakel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klek-Every word from Proto-Germanic hlahjanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hlahhjan